Sanders also warned any negotiations over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program would be shelved until a government funding measure was passed, saying that the administration “will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands.”

In a separate tweet, Sanders touted the administrations economic policies, asking, “Democrats can’t shut down the booming Trump economy. Are they now so desperate they’ll shut down the government instead?”

Democrats can't shut down the booming Trump economy. Are they now so desperate they'll shut down the government instead? #SchumerShutdown